Rachel Buteaux’s Reviews > Candelo > Status Update

You see, Vi says to me, the personal is, by and large, a distraction. A self-indulgent excuse.
I drum my fingers on the table. Loudly.
I am not saying always. But often. We get embroiled in trying to make our lives measure up to petty fantasies and we ignore the larger issues in life.
… I want to tell her that in her case, the global seems to be the distraction, the way of hiding from the personal.